END FUR FARMING IN CANADA
Be part of the movement that ends fur farming in Canada
The impacts and risks of Canada’s fur farms extend far beyond the small cages where wild animals are kept captive for their fur. Fur farming endangers the health of Canadians, pollutes the environment, and causes pain and suffering for the captive animals bred and killed on Canadian fur farms.
It’s time for the federal government to protect the health of Canadians, the environment, and animals by moving fur farming into the past.
Animal species
There are six known species that are actively farmed for their fur in Canada: wolves, bobcats, foxes, minks, lynx, and chinchillas.
Scale
Hundreds of thousands of animals are bred and killed every year for their fur in Canada. Many fur farms are large, industrial operations that intensively farm tens of thousands of animals on a single facility.
Prohibitions
Fur farming has been banned in over twenty countries. In 2021, British Columbia became the first province in Canada to ban mink farming.
Fewer than 100 fur farms remain in Canada
Statement on Fur Farming
Fur farms pose risks to the health of Canadians, the environment, and animals. The commercial farming of animals for their fur is an unacceptable practice due to the public health risks associated with intensively farming fur-bearing animal species, the negative environmental impacts that fur farms have on local ecosystems, and the adverse animal welfare issues inherent in keeping wild animal species captive in extreme confinement.
The organizations listed on this page support the above statement and call for a national prohibition on fur farming in Canada.
